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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Crop-friendly snowfall and some showers were moving across the U.S. Southwest Plains on Tuesday which will help but not eliminate the harmful impact on wheat production from the worst drought in over 50 years, an agricultural meteorologist said.
"It's beginning to snow in the Southwest Plains this morning and that will continue through the day leaving 2.00 to 6.00 inches there," said Don Keeney, meteorologist for MDA EarthSat Weather.
Keeney said it would turn dry in the Plains the remainder of the week while showers would move into the Delta as far east as Kentucky. "It will turn colder next week but there is no threat of winterkill, just more seasonable cold weather," he said.
Commodity Weather Group (CWG) on Tuesday said rain and snow was falling in northern Texas and southern and western Oklahoma on Tuesday morning.
"These showers will continue in Texas and Oklahoma today, with a chance for Plains showers to shift northward into Kansas and Colorado," said CWG forecaster Joel Widenor.
"This will bring some minor drought relief, but much more is needed."
Harsh drought conditions expanded in key U.S. farm states in the nation's midsection over the last week, climate experts said on Thursday.
There has been some recent precipitation through the Plains region but the frozen ground did not allow for much moisture to penetrate into parched soils, according to the Drought Monitor report, a weekly analysis of drought conditions put together by a consortium of state and federal climate experts.
The Plains states are key crop production areas, particularly for hard red winter wheat, an important bread-making crop. They are also critical areas for cattle and other livestock production.
Kansas continued to suffer from extreme drought.
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Lee Vining High School ranks with top 3 percent
Lee Vining High School has launched itself into the top tiers of high schools in the country based on Advanced Placement (AP) test scores for the first time. The test results put the little school on the Washington Post's High School Challenge Index for the first time, according to the school's principal, Roger Yost. The small rural school was ranked 707th in the nation, out of approximately 22,000 high schools, placing it in the top 3 percent of all high schools. It also placed 90th of the more than 1,800 high schools in California.
The Challenge Index, created in 1998 by Washington Post columnist Jay Matthews, is the calculation of Advanced Placement tests given at a school last year divided by the number of graduates.
With a few exceptions, public schools that achieved a ratio of at least 1.000, meaning they had as many tests in 2011 as they had graduates, were put on the national list at washingtonpost.com/highschoolchallenge. In 2011, Lee Vining students took 37 AP exams and graduated just 16 seniors for an average of 2.3 tests each.
"The faculty and parents at Lee Vining have done an excellent job pushing average students to challenge themselves with more difficult coursework that will better prepare them for college," said James Godoy, an AP U.S. History, Government and Economics teacher at Lee Vining High. "Advanced Placement classes are designed to be an equivalent to an introductory college course. In early May, students take AP exams and if they do well, their high school coursework will be given college credit at most universities in the United States."
Lee Vining High absorbed a high-ranked academic academy in Bridgeport, the Eastern Sierra Academy, two years ago during an acrimonious fight that sharply divided the communities of Bridgeport and Lee Vining. The move, put into effect by the school board due to budget cuts, also transferred several of the ESA's teachers who taught AP classes at ESA, including Godoy, to Lee Vining. The end result is that the little high school has since been able to offer its students a much larger variety of AP classes and that ability to offer the classes and the tests that accompany them are what put the school on the Washington Post ranking system noted above.
Godoy noted that 50 percent of the students who took the tests were former ESA students and 50 percent were Lee Vining students who were given the opportunity to take the AP classes. Previous to this year, Lee Vining had been noted for its sports teams, but not so much its academic performance.
"Once the culture starts rolling that way, there's an odd kind of peer pressure that accompanies it," Godoy said.
The actual results of each test, however, are not part of this ranking, a fact that has resulted in some criticism of the ranking's value.
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Penelope Soto, 18, didn't just flip the judge the bird right off the bat. She built up to it. Charged with possession of Xanax, she and Miami Dade Circuit Judge Jorge Rodriguez Chomat got off to a rocky start at the bail hearing.
"I own a lot of jewelry alright," Soto told him.
"How much would you say your jewelry is worth?" the judge asked as Soto laughed. "It's not a joke. We're not in a club now."
Soon it started to sound like a scene out of "My Cousin Vinny."
"You on drugs?" the judge asked.
"Drugs, no, I don't take drugs," Soto said.
"Have you had any drugs last 24 hours?" the judge asked.
"Actually, no," Soto said.
And Soto had no prior arrests, so the judge set bail at $5,000.
"Bye bye," he said.
"Adios," Soto replied.
But "adios" was a little too sassy.
"Come back ma'am, come back," the judge said and upped the bail.
"Count one will be $10,000," the judge said as Soto gasped.
"Are you serious? she asked.
"I am serious. Adios," the judge replied.
So Soto flipped the bird and cursed. The judge called her back.
"Wassup?" Soto said.
The judge asked Soto if he correctly heard her swear at him, and she confirmed it.
"I find you in direct criminal contempt, 30 days in county jail," the judge said.
"OK, that's fine," Soto said.
At her sentencing in 2010, actress Lindsay Lohan's eyes may have cried tears, but her middle fingernail was painted with a shortened expletive phrase. Who knows if it was directed at the court or the press. The judge's spokesperson said it didn't warrant a reaction.


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Predict Using Characters' Actions and Rhythm
Lesson 6 of 8
Objective: SWBAT predict how a character will develop over the course of a text and describe how rhythm and rhyming supply meaning to a story.
- I Aint Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont
- SEE/KNOW/READ blank chart and whitetboard set up
- 'Characters & Their Motivation' powerpoint
- 'Prediction' worksheet
- 'Characters change over the text' template for each student (see resources)
- Lesson vocabulary words from the Reading/Writing word wall: motivation, predict, character, rhythm, rhyming, tone, illustration, beginning, end, literature
This is one of my students' FAVORITE books. It has really great rhythm and rhyme and there's a great ending to predict. I will warn you that there is a page where the word 'butt' is inferred, but the author switches the word. I read it for fun, let the kids laugh for a minute and then moved on.
This is one of the lessons in the middle of my prediction unit and my students have used the SEE/KNOW/READ strategy and are familiar with using rhythm and rhyme in stories. For more background on these strategies, take a look at Peek Inside and Predict (Lesson 1 of 2), Peek Inside and Predict (Lesson 2 of 2), Predict the Ending - It Goes Around and Around, Predict the Ending and Use the Characters' Voices, Making Shadows with Foreshadowing While We Predict, Go Figure with Figurative Language and Tie it Together with Transition Words.
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Let's Get Excited
Underlined words below are lesson vocabulary words that are emphasized and written on sentence strips for my Reading & Writing word wall. I pull off the words off the wall for each lesson, helping students understand this key 'reading and writing' vocabulary can be generalized across texts and topics. The focus on acquiring and using these words is part of a shift in the Common Core Standards towards building students' academic vocabulary. My words are color coded 'pink' for literature/'blue' for reading strategies/'orange' for informational text/'yellow' for writing/'green' for all other words.
Bring in student interest
- "I have some pictures to show you of different characters. When we read, it helps us to understand better if we can anticipate how the characters act. Certain characters respond to events in ways that we expect. They have certain motivations (put the word up on the board) - reasons why they act like they do."
- Show all of the powerpoint slides and prompt with ideas about animals and people have certain ways of acting.
- "Look at these pictures and tell me some ideas about these characters. When we see a grandma, how does she act? What is her motivation? - is she usually helpful or nice?"
- Continue discussion - focus especially on the little boy who's dirty.
- "Today I have a literature story about one of these characters. My story is SUPER fun to read because it has lots of rhythm and rhyming. Reading a story with rhythm and rhyming is makes it sound like a song! These stories are also easy to predict because the rhyming gives them a pattern."
The examination of character motivation was new to my students. We are examining how they respond to events and challenges and analyzing how and why character develop and interact over the course of the text. (RL.2.3) I am looking for students to develop content literacy expertise by examine the characterization and author's purpose in developing characters. By examining the character's motivation and how they react to situations, students are doing 'close reading', going beyond simple enjoyment of the text to examination of how the characters develop and interact.
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Teachers' Turn
Introduce the concepts
- Here's a video of my introduction where I reviewed the pre-reading strategy and discussed characters. Characters always change over the course of a text and it helps if we understand how those characters usually act."
- "Today we'll make some predictions based on some evidence from the text and background knowledge."
- "the little boy's character and his motivation"
- "the mom in the story and her motivation"
- "how and why the characters change"
- "the text in the beginning of the story, illustrations, rhyming and repeated words.
- "We will then verify or check our predictions based on the text evidence."
The Core Standards also include an emphasis on figurative language as a way to convey meaning. (RL.2.4) Looking at rhythm and rhyme and describing how these words and phrases supply meaning to a story allow the students to practice 'close reading' and looking in the text for evidence, a key shift in the Common Core State Standards toward independent reading and comprehension.
- "Let's use our SEE, KNOW, READ strategy to preview the text and get some evidence." Refer to the chart on the board.
- "On the cover I see the illustration of a little boy with paint. I see…." Add those to the chart.
- "I know that dogs and little boys can be friends and I know that paint makes a mess. I know…" Add to the chart.
- "Let me read 2 pages and see what I learn." Read a few pages. "I'll write…..on the chart."
- "What about the rhyming? Did you hear the words/phrases that were repeated? I can predict words because they rhyme or look for repeated phrases."
- "There is a rhythm to this story that makes it enjoyable. Listen to me read this without rhythm..." Read a section again without expression. "How does that sound? When the author adds rhythm, repeated words and rhyming, it's easier to feel the tone of the story and to understand the meaning."
- Pass out the 'Predicting' worksheet.
- "I'll try some predicting based on my evidence now from the beginning of the story. I'll write an idea on my chart and check to see if it's right."
- Read to the page where the mom puts the paint in the closet..."Based on what I see in the pictures, what I know about the characters and the rhyming words that I read, I predict that the boy will have the dog get the paint..." This is incorrect so the kids can see you verify and revise.
- "Let me check the text and illustration on the next page to see if the prediction was correct. Actually the picture shows the boy getting the paint." I'll write 'no' in the second box and change my prediction based on that evidence."
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The Students Take a Turn
Guided practice
- "Now its your turn to predict! I'll read the story as you make predictions on your chart."
- "Each time that I stop, write down a prediction. Think about the motivations of the mom and boy. Look at their motivation and use the rhythm and rhyming to predict."
- I stopped on the pages where it has the word 'rest'. "Take a minute and predict. Does the rhyming help you? What rhymes with 'rest'?" Let's check - some of you guessed 'chest' and some of you did not? Was there background knowledge that helped you - parts of the body or the boy talking about his body from the top down?"
One of the groupings of standards in the ELA Common Core Standards has to do with author's purpose and story structure. As students examine characters and events changing over the course of the text, they are recognizing that stories have structure – a beginning, middle and end – and that each part of the structure relates to each other and the whole. (RL.2.5)
Independent practice
- "I'll read more and you can verify your prediction - were you right or wrong?"
- Stop every few pages.....let kids write predictions and stop again so they can verify.
- I stopped at back, feet, and right before the last page.
- "You have lots of predictions and many were right. I was glad to see you verify those predictions with the illustrations and words. Sometimes, what we predict is correct. But other times, we have to change our predictions."
- Here's an example of a student's worksheet.
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Apply It!
Explain and direct as students work
- "Let's show how your character developed over the course of the text. When we can illustrate the changes to show that we really understand what we've read."
- Pass out the character template. "Fold it like an accordian and cut out the figure, careful not to cut the folds. It will create connected figures."
- ""What did the little boy look like at the beginning of the story? Draw some details on your first character."
- Walk around as students are coloring and ask questions to check understanding and prompt as needed. Here's how I checked my students' work.
- "Now let's look at the character when he had painted his head and arm. Illustrate that one. Now draw him with his feet painted. The final picture should be of the boy after he gets out of the tub. You'll have to infer -what will he look like after his bath?"
- "Let's add the rhyming words or repeated words on the back of the character chain: 'heck and 'neck', 'arm' and 'harm' ..."
- Here's an example of a completed student artifact.
- "You did a great job predicting today. This story had some much rhyming, it made it easier to predict."
- "It was a fun story to read because you could see how the character developed over the course of the text!"
- Ask some questions to get feedback... "What helped you predict most? The boy's motivation? the rhyming? the illustrations?"
Scaffolding and Special Education
This lesson can be easily scaffolded up or down, depending on students' levels.
For my special education students, I chose to read the book so the barrier of sounding out words or identifying unknown words was alleviated. For any 2nd grade student, I believe it's better to read this story aloud so you can use the correct rhythm, pausing, and expression. If students are to appreciate good literature written in this genre, they must hear a good example. During the writing portion of the lesson, I paired up my students with a buddy so they could quietly work together. You can also give them some vocabulary on a slate at their desk so they can write as well.
For students with greater academic abilities, you should expect richer predictions with higher level vocabulary. Instead of 'he paints a knee' the student could be expected to write a longer detailed sentence, such as 'the boy will paint.... (describe what kind of art - there is some predicting to do there...) on his knee next.'
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If you have time, it would be fun to sing the words to this book to a familiar tune "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More." Here's a disney video with lyrics to that song. You could have the kids sing with his guitar and change the words to fit the book.


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This piece originally appeared in Rae's blog, Diva Living With AIDS.
I learned something about myself this weekend that made me understand how far I've come in my thinking verses the application of what I know, as it relates to dating and sex.
I've been saying over and over again that it's not enough to know better, that at some point you have to apply the knowledge to your life so that you can be your best you. It is true that we are products of our past. It teaches us good, bad and indifference. It shapes who we are, which influences what we do. I know this has been the case for me. I also understand, that we do not have to be a prisoner to our past.
My former therapist used to drill into me that discipline is a transferable skill. That you can apply discipline to all things in your life and at the end of discipline is feeling good about yourself. It's the difference between eating 3 cookies or 15 cookies. Each will dictate how you feel about yourself, once it's said and done. Well, that same thing applies to dating.
This is what I'm talking about. I spent Valentine weekend with Mr. Handsome. It was a really great weekend of bonding and intimacy. No, not sex, per-say, but intimacy. So what's the problem? Well, I realized that my demons are relentless and that I still have work to do on myself. Before I go any further, I must pause and say having a man in your life who is confident in himself goes a long way in achieving your goal.
Well it's like this, I was so use to men wanting to fuck all the time that I almost missed the most important moments of the weekend.
Mr. Handsome is a few years older than me. He has been around the world, seen all and done all -- and while sex is great, good lawd, it was not his focus of spending time with me. And for a slim moment I started to wonder if there was something wrong with me. I think it's a deep contradiction that women want men to treat them like a woman important beyond her vagina, but when he does, you doubt the very thing that you are seeking.
It made me wonder how many women out there defined how great the Valentine weekend was by the sex? And then how many women had men in their life that expected the sex, and then more sex. I remember a few years ago someone tweeted that if a man takes you to an expensive restaurant, don't pull out the flannels but sexy lingerie.
I tweeted that my vagina wasn't for sale. I meant that, but now I look back and I see the argument of the expectation of sex that rules our thoughts and behavior. While sex is one aspect of a relationship, it should not rule. Mr. Handsome said to me, "there's more to life then simply fucking." In our honest discussion about it, he was clear, I don't need to fuck all day to enjoy you.
I know that I am more than my vagina, but I'm also clear that our past behaviors are not easily broken; well I'll speak for myself. The one thing for sure that Mr. Handsome is teaching me is patience on the one hand, and appropriate growth in an relationship on the other hand. Women are so brainwashed with the pretty woman syndrome. Most of us have married him in our heads when you are still really getting to know each other. Case in point, Pinterest dream weddings are the craze. LOL, and you all know I'm telling the truth.
I'm thankful for Mr. Handsome at this junction in my life. I understand that intimacy is not about fucking and I'm grateful that Mr. handsome not only knows that too, but applies it to his own life and that has set a wonderful pace for mutual respect that leads to growth.
Sitting in Mr. Handsome's man-cave ( the garage ) looking out at the snow, wrapped in my mink coat as he smoked a cigar, drank cognac and I drink tea and had my first ever sip of cognac, listening to music was one of the most erotic, imitate moments of the weekend.
Ladies, if we want men to stop thinking below our waist, we must do the same. If you want a different outcome in a relationship then maybe you have to do something different.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome. At some point in our lives we have to make changes, no matter how difficult it may be. I've said it over and again, sex is not love and just because a man fucks your brains out does not been that he wants to build a future with you. Having a man that allows appropriate space for sex with the unplanned moments of dancing in the middle of the living room is a win-win.
As for me, I'm chasing my demons the fuck out of my life. I don't know where Mr. Handsome and I are going. In fact, I'm not looking for a particular destination, if we're there, great. In the meantime, I'm surely enjoying the journey.
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Members of the Grand Island Dance Center are lending their assistance to local charities.
Students from the Grand Island Dance Center, 2407 Grand Island Blvd. in the Grand Island Plaza, are pictured with the gently used and new coats for the Coats for Kids collection from Capitol Cleaners, located in the same plaza with the studio; they are also displaying some of the food collected for the Grand Island Neighbors Foundation.
The generous families of GI Dance have donated non-perishable food items, paper goods and toiletries to the Neighbors Foundation. The studio will be collecting items for the Neighbors Foundation until Dec. 8. Items can be dropped off at the studio on Mondays from 4 to 8 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.


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ARCH 449W: Gaber*
The Archaeology of Tell Ras Shamra
Originally from Brookline, MA, Lucas graduated in 2012.
*Note: The "W" after the course number indicates that this is a writing-focused course. Students in these courses complete a combination of formal, high-stakes writing assignments and informal, low-stakes writing assignments with instructional support from the professor. The goal is not only to practice academic modes of writing, particularly in a given discipline, but also to learn course content through the act of writing itself.


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IT firms compromise on global injustice
Unions sceptical
IT firms agreed with unions and governments to root exploitation out of their global supply chains after an historic meeting of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva this week.
The ILO has never tackled the IT industry before, but its size, the relocation of its manufacturing base to Asia, and emerging stories of worker exploitation have caught its attention.
It called a meeting of manufacturers, industry bodies, governments, and unions, who spent two days hammering out a compromise between corporate need and human dignity, the result of which was an ambiguous text that describes how manufacturers care about their people, but that their people ought to understand how tough it is to compete in a global industry.
Bonnie Nixon, a Hewlett Packard supply chain boss who negotiated on behalf of employers, said the text "formalised our commitment to social dialogue".
Employers wanted to improve labour standards and make sure they were adopted throughout their supply chain, she said. But employees had to understand that labour standards had to be viable in the context of a firm's long-term competitiveness.
"If a company goes out of business because its uncompetitive, then everyone loses," she said.
Robert Steiert, a director of the International Metalworkers Federation (IMF), who negotiated for workers, was concerned employers had been reluctant to stick their necks out for workers.
"The problem for me is how far companies are bound by what their employers' representatives have been deciding. And what of the companies who were not there?" he said.
Apple, which was criticised last year for working conditions at the factory subcontracted to manufacture its iPods, was present at the meeting. Foxconn, its subcontractor, was also present. Elcoteq, one of the world's top 10 contract manufacturers and which serves Nokia, was also absent.
Big brands already operate voluntary codes of conduct, but Steiert said these are weak in comparison to the international framework agreements - also voluntary - that unions have negotiated in other sectors.
"IT companies have not been prepared to talk to us about international framework agreements," he said.
The IMF had negotiated 50 framework agreements with multinationals in other sectors, holding employers to the fundamental human rights set out in the "core labour standards" of the ILO. Steiert was pleased to have got a mention of frameworks in the Geneva text, but disappointed that employers had not committed to forming one.
And there's the sand in the oyster - Steiert said IT firms fall back on national law, which is often inadequate. The US, for example, has not ratified the ILO's core labour standards.
The text, however, appears to commit them - voluntarily - to international standards, not national protectorates: "In countries in which the fundamental ILO core Conventions are not complied with, all parties should refer to them for guidance in their social policy."
Two of these standards were explicitly supported in the text: the rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining. The other three of the five were not - prohibition of child or forced labour, and discrimination in the workplace.
Manufacturers who contributed to the text at the meeting included Cisco, Dell, Intel, Lenovo, Microsoft, Philips, Selectron, Sony, ST Micro, and Xerox. That's a start, at least. ®


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Brace yourself for the latest meme to hit the politosphere: the word is now that Paul Ryan has "softened" his views on abortion. Ryan has long opposed abortion in all cases save in a few cases where he believes it may be necessary to save the life of the mother. This means that he has opposed abortion in the case of rape. But in this post-Akin political environment, so the narrative goes, Ryan, in the interests of being a team player, is renouncing his opposition to rape exceptions.
What set this off? First there was the statement made by various Romney campaign spokespeople in the aftermath of Akin's blunder:
"Gov. Romney and Congressman Ryan disagree with Mr. Akin's statement, and a Romney-Ryan administration would not oppose abortion in instances of rape"
Then there were Ryan's responses to some reporters who were pressing him on the abortion/rape issue, and focusing particularly on some legislation he previously supported which made distinctions between different types of rape. Ryan said to the reporters:
"I'm proud of my record. Mitt Romney is going to be president and the president sets policy. His policy is exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother. I'm comfortable with it because it's a good step in the right direction."
One the basis of one or both of these statements, major news outlets and some in the Catholic blogosphere are claiming that Ryan has "softened" his views on abortion. Or, to put it in Mark Shea's words, Ryan has "partly renounce[d]" his position. In response to a comment I made on Mark's blog, he elaborated further:
I just don't see how anybody can regard movement from "It is always gravely evil to deliberately kill innocent human life" to "I am opposed to the murder of innocent, unborn children except in cases my boss tells me not to be opposed," or, "unless I feel it jeopardizes my chances of becoming VP" and maintain that Ryan is not compromising.
It is quite obvious to me that Paul Ryan has not said or done a thing to warrant the attribution of such cynical and selfish motives to him – though I do believe he, like most pro-life politicians and even people such as myself, is willing to compromise on a few points to make significant gains, a point I will elaborate on below. In any case, Mr. Shea goes too far. Because I often find his commentary to be fair-minded (even when I disagree), I am surprised at this rather unjustifiable attack on Ryan's character but also willing to grant the benefit of the doubt. So I will offer my take on these comments and Mark can reply if he feels it's worth his time.


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whm1974 wrote:
SGI had already committed to Itanium and was winding down MIPS with R10K shrinks when an
all new high end MIPS core should have been underway.
all new high end MIPS core should have been underway.
In hindsight they should haved developed a new MIPS core in case moving to Itanium failed.
In hindsight, and foresight at the time, they were fucked because their business model was all fail. Better MIPS might've been a better bet than Itanium but they couldn't afford that and x86 wasn't good enough when they made the losing decisions. Shame, I quite liked our Origin 2000s.


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Alistair Farquharson Will Stress the Importance of Enterprise API Management Practices in Two Sessions
Alistair Farquharson Will Stress the Importance of Enterprise API Management Practices in Two Sessions
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - Feb 7, 2013) - Alistair Farquharson, CTO of SOA Software, a leading provider of Enterprise API Management and SOA Governance solutions, will address the audience of Apps World 2013 on February 7th and 8th in San Francisco. Mr. Farquharson's sessions offer insight and best practices into enterprise APIs, the critical back-end interfaces that power many of today's most popular mobile apps. With over 5,000 attendees anticipated, Apps World 2013 is one of the world's largest conferences dedicated to the growing mobile app market segment.
"Mobile apps are exploding as a category, driving us quickly to the future of all computing," said Mr. Farquharson. "With bring-your-own-device policies proliferating and a vast increase in the scope of mobile platforms available, we are seeing a more urgent need for API management than ever before. Enterprise mobile apps hit back-end systems. Those systems need to have their APIs well governed. That's where we come in."
In his session, "How Does My Enterprise API Platform Differ From Facebook, Twitter and Netflix?" Mr. Farquharson will discuss the impact of the new API economy and how enterprises are making business applications available through APIs to drive business growth and expose new opportunities. He will explore "appification" and the innovation model of the open API, including the issue of why community is essential for success with enterprise-grade APIs. With "Best Practices of API Management," Mr. Farquharson will review proven practices that ensure optimal business outcomes through APIs without inadvertently creating security and system management problems or running up unsustainable costs. In particular, this session will focus on how effective management of enterprise APIs actually begins at the planning and design stages of the API lifecycle and evolves through sharing and production.
Alistair Farquharson is a visionary industry veteran focused on using disruptive technologies to drive business growth and improve efficiency and agility within organizations. As the CTO of SOA Software, Alistair is helping to shape and mature the enterprise API and SOA industry. Alistair is responsible for product strategy and development for this leading Enterprise API and SOA Governance company. He spends a great deal of time and energy shaping customer and industry direction with regular conference keynote appearances, discussions with customers, and even the occasional foray into writing code. Alistair has been at the forefront of many technology waves from enterprise web architecture, through web services and SOA, and now into APIs. His expertise spans a wide range of technologies and businesses, and he brings a unique global focus to everything he does.
Apps World is returning to North America in 2013 for two days of engagement and high level insight and discussion around one of the largest growing industries -- mobile apps. The conference will be taking place in San Francisco on February 7th-8th 2013 at the Moscone Center. Over 5,000 developers, mobile marketers, mobile operators, device manufacturers, platform owners and industry professionals are expected to attend.
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Enabling the API Economy
The SOA Software Enterprise API Platform™ is the first solution to address enterprise requirements across the entire API lifecycle, with planning, development, runtime and community management capabilities. The Enterprise API Platform™ provides a rich set of API Management capabilities to ensure the security, performance and availability of APIs, together with a social developer community solution for promoting and supporting the APIs and driving developer adoption. It provides end-to-end management of the API lifecycle, helping you make sure that you build the right APIs, build them the right way, and make sure that they are behaving correctly. The Enterprise API Platform™ is available as an on-premise software solution, as-a-service, via an Open developer community as-a-service, or using a combination of any of these options. For example, a customer could choose to run the lifecycle management components of the solution as on-premises software, use the commercial PaaS offering to host and manage their APIs, and federate with the Open developer community to publish their public APIs to an established group of App developers.
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I'm very fortunate, that in less than two hours, I can drive on Highway 101 and there is one of my favorite cities-- San Francisco.
This weekend, I returned for my second time to attend the 2011 Foodbuzz Blogger Festival. For those of you who are following me on twitter or my Facebook Fan Page, you couldn't help but keep up as I tweeted throughout the weekend.
For last year's Foodbuzz Blogger Festival, I felt like a bit like a country bumpkin when my friend, Monica, and I checked in to the Sir Francis Drake Hotel. Both of us eagerly rummaged through our welcome bag, that was chock full of food samples, kitchen gadgets and coupons. Though Monica and I had never met, before, we were to be roommates. At that time, neither one of us had an iPhone and I could barely understand what the big deal was with Twitter-- let alone, I couldn't understand what a "hash tag" was! Still, we took classes on photography, food writing workshops and food demos. The fine folks at Foodbuzz fed us very well, and we met many food and drink vendors at the Taste Pavilion event. With the exception of our transportation and hotel expenses, the whole event was free!
I marked my calendar, well ahead, for this year's event. I was not going to miss it. Since last year, I had finally upgraded to being an iPhone owner. I downloaded the Twitter app. I had Instagram. I was armed, ready and dangerous to step up to a new level of technology!
Ally Gaffan (right) and "Josh", in unfavorable lighting conditions. Ally was staying at the same hotel as I was. Josh and I just "met" via Facebook.
This year's event ended at our farewell brunch at 9:00am, this morning. By now, I'm sure that there are a multitude of food bloggers who have already posted their photos of all the food and San Francisco sightseeing and shopping that happened this weekend. Of course, I took lots of pictures! How can any food blogger bypass a food buffet, and not want to take photos? When Tyler Florence made a surprise appearance of our Taste Pavilion, the food paparazzi line grew long in no time at all!
meet Tyler Florence, and so my life is complete. Plus, I knew I'd see him at Saturday night's Gala Dinner. So, I just stood in the background and took this shot. I have no idea who this lovely young woman is, but I can understand why she's smiling.
I've been trying to decided exactly how I want to share my weekend experience with you readers. Do you want to hear all of the details? (There aren't any sordid ones, I can assure you, as my husband joined me, at my hotel, to attend a local Geneology Conference.) I didn't want to write a post that just shows all the fabulous food we enjoyed. I mean, is that fair, when you couldn't be here? Instead, I'm going to try and share with you what I learned at the Foodbuzz Blogger Festival. I met a lot of Blogging "Royalty", and learned a lot more about photography, social media do's and don'ts and a bit about Adobe Lightroom.
Sabra. Sabra makes hummus, salsas, guacamole, veggie dips and vegetarian sides.
Ah, my nice big king-sized bed that I share with my husband and cat....
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President Barack Obama removed some language in his budget, released Wednesday, that restricts the ability of the federal government to regulate the firearms industry.
The pair of provisions ban law enforcement from requiring gun dealers to conduct an inventory once a year and defining antique firearms, which are not subject to federal firearms licensing procedures or background checks.Since the late 1970s, more than a dozen provisions have been added to must-pass spending bills with no hearings, no debate and no vote in a way that's designed to circumvent the usual legislative process.
Some gun control advocates had quietly urged Obama – largely behind the scenes – to delete the language that has been pushed by the powerful gun lobby in his spending plan to be released April 10.
"By eliminating these unnecessary and dangerous gun riders from his budget proposal, President Obama took an important step forward in strengthening the federal government's ability to regulate the firearms industry and fight gun-related crime," said Arkadi Gerney, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank that released a report on riders last month.


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Matchbox 20 is currently in rehearsals for a North American tour that will visit a number of large yet often overlooked cities such as Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Augusta, Maine and Uncasville, Connecticut during February and March of next year. The tour will begin at Majestic Theatre San Antonio on the evening of Wednesday, January 30th.
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Heat Lists for Competing Dancers
This heat list is only for your reference. Be sure that you and your teacher (if applicable) get a hard copy the most current heat list when you check in at the event.
Please be ready to dance 30 minutes prior to your start time as the event may be ahead of schedule.
Balykin, Pavel
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NEWPORT Gwent Dragons have turned to sevens specialist coach Nick Wakley to take charge of their challenge in the Premiership Rugby 7s, writes Chris Kirwan.
The 33-year-old former Newport, Pontypool and Ebbw Vale utility back will take the reins when the Dragons take on against their regional rivals at BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday, July 26.
Wakley played sevens for Wales and since hanging up his boots has forged a career as a coach in the shortened format, most recently with Samurai 7s in the GB Series.
He played for Kingsley Jones at Sale in 2005/6 and the Dragons head coach was happy to utilise his expertise for the regional tournament.
The squad at Wakely's disposal will be a mixture of Dragons academy talent and seasoned sevens campaigners including Rhys Jones and new Newport recruit Sam Cross, both of whom narrowly missed out on selection for the Commonwealth Games.
Wakley will be hoping that his spell as Dragons sevens coach is not confined to July as two Welsh regions will progress to the Series Final against six Aviva Premiership sides at Twickenham Stoop on Friday, August 8.
"It's great to be joining a well-established tournament (which is in its fifth year) and for the winners to have chance to compete against English sides at the Stoop," said Dragons chief executive Gareth Davies.
"It will be exciting for the young kids and is a terrific grounding school for future players as it gives them the opportunity to show their talent in a high-profile tournament."
The draw has given the Dragons back-to-back fixtures with their clash against the Ospreys taking place 10 minutes after their opener against the Scarlets. Their meeting with hosts Cardiff Blues closes the event.
Game 1 – Ospreys v Blues (7.15pm), game 2 – Dragons v Scarlets (7.40pm), game 3 – Dragons v Ospreys (8.10pm), game 4 – Blues v Scarlets (8.35pm), game 5 – Ospreys v Scarlets (9.05pm), game 6 – Dragons v Blues (9.30pm).
Season ticket holders at all four regions can buy seated tickets for £5 (£3 for concessions) with entry costing £10 (£5 concessions) for other spectators. Terrace tickets cost £4 for adult season ticket holders and £8 for other spectators.
Go to cardiffblues.com or call 02920302030 for more information.


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Presentation through Sharing with Each Other
Lesson 13 of 13
Objective: SWBAT use a visual aid to present their report to their peers.
Big Idea: Students have completed their research project are are now ready to present what they have learned to other students.
Yay! Finally students have researched, written a report, prepared for a presentation and are ready to share.
This lesson is the last in a unit on researching and reporting. Students will be presenting to their peers.
I set up the room for each student group or topic to have their own space. Students rotate through each section, listening to their peers share their research.
This unit was not about developing presentation skills so I did not expect students to have a fully prepared presentation. Instead, I gave them an informal opportunity to share what has come from all of their hard work.
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Main Activity and Closing
The day before, I told students that they were going to be sharing their reports and one way that could make their presentation strong is to think about the key ideas that they want someone to learn about. I also suggested that they direct attention to the visuals and talk about the information that are supported by the visuals.
I demonstrated how to do this by giving them an example based on the draft of my report. I explained how I decided that talking about the most interesting part of each section of my report was more engaging than the details. Although, there may be a few very interesting facts that I think are important enough to share.
I give students a few minutes before having to share to think about what they might share. Most students will not need to use notes although I allow students to have them if they want.
After students have an opportunity to check out the other presentations in the class, I ask them each to share one thing the learned from their peers' presentations.


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Windows 7 64 bit
This utility installs the originally shipped version of the Intel Wireless Display software.Important Notes- During the installation of this file, be sure that you are logged in as the Administrator or as a user with Administrative rights. - To ensure that no other program interferes with the installation, save all work and close all other programs. The Taskbar should be clear of applications before proceeding. - Print out these instructions for use as a reference during the installation process.
ASUS N551JM Intel WLAN Driver 126.96.36.199 for Windows 8.1 64-bit
Biostar H81MGC-LSP Ver. 7.x Intel Graphics Driver 10.18.14.4206
HP ENVY 23-d107er TouchSmart Intel Graphics Driver 126.96.36.19932 for Windows 8.1
MSI B150M PRO-VD D3 Intel Graphics Driver 10.18.15.4248 for Windows 7
Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 (rev. 1.0) Intel Graphics Driver 18.104.22.168.4156 64-bit
Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (rev. 2.1) Intel Graphics Driver 184.108.40.20648 for Windows 10


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LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force will start to recover on Thursday the bodies of four American airmen from the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed two days ago in remote coastal marshland in eastern England, British police said.
The recovery of the bodies has been delayed by the scattering of a "significant" amount of bullets and munitions after the helicopter came down in a Norfolk nature reserve while on a low-level training mission on Tuesday evening.
The site, described by police as the size of a soccer pitch, remains cordoned off to the public following a visit by investigators on Wednesday evening. The area of flat coastal grassland lies about 130 miles northeast of London.
"Police and other agencies remain on scene today as the investigation continues and will ensure the recovery of the bodies is dignified and respectful," Chief Superintendent Bob Scully of Norfolk Police said in a statement.
"The scene is on difficult ground and the longer term investigation and recovery work will take many more weeks."
The helicopter was a Pave Hawk assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing based at RAF Lakenheath air base. A second helicopter taking part in the training mission landed safely.
Colonel Kyle Robinson, commander of the 48th Fighter Wing, described the accident as a "tragic loss" and said it was too soon to say why the crash happened despite speculation in the British media that birds may have been to blame.
"It is still too early to speculate as to what caused the crash and to make any long-term decisions based on that," Robinson told a news conference at RAF Lakenheath on Thursday.
The four men on board were named as Captain Christopher S. Stover, Captain Sean M. Ruane, Technical Sergeant Dale E. Mathews and Staff Sergeant Afton M. Ponce.
The Pave Hawk is made by Sikorsky Aircraft Co, a unit of United Technologies Corp.
(Reporting by Belinda Goldsmith and Costas Pitas; Editing by Gareth Jones)


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